Table 2.

Prevalence of labeling for each category of allergen among the 17,309 products surveyed

Allergen category	Presence of the allergen in the ingredients lista		Precautionary statementa		No declared allergen (neither in the ingredients list nor in a precautionary statement)a
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Milk	9,222	53	1,935	11	6,152	36
Gluten	7,087	41	1,512	9	8,710	50
Egg	3,759	22	2,496	14	1,1054	64
Soybean	3,460	20	2,146	12	11,703	68
Nuts	1,419	8	3,443	20	12,447	72
Peanut	231	1	2,295	13	14,783	85
Celery	1,127	7	1,114	6	15,068	87
Mustard	1,001	6	881	5	15,427	89
Sulfite	1,578	9	177	1	15,554	90
Fish	589	3	688	4	16,032	93
Sesame	178	1	1,028	6	16,103	93
Crustacean	226	1	692	4	16,391	95
Mollusk	109	1	411	2	16,789	97
Lupin	66	0.4	94	0.5	17,149	99.1
At least 1 allergen	12,722	73	6,762	39	3,987	23

^aAmong the 17,309 processed products considered collected between 2008 and 2012.